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Bid   /bɪd/   Listen
Bid

noun
1.
An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.  Synonyms: bidding, command, dictation.
2.
An attempt to get something.  Synonym: play.  "He made a bid to gain attention"
3.
A formal proposal to buy at a specified price.  Synonym: tender.
4.
(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make.  Synonym: bidding.
verb
(past bade; past part. bidden, bid; pres. part. bidding)
1.
Propose a payment.  Synonyms: offer, tender.
2.
Invoke upon.  Synonym: wish.  "Bid farewell"
3.
Ask for or request earnestly.  Synonyms: adjure, beseech, conjure, entreat, press.
4.
Make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands.  Synonym: call.
5.
Make a serious effort to attain something.
6.
Ask someone in a friendly way to do something.  Synonym: invite.



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"Bid" Quotes from Famous Books



... armies of many nations now fighting in the Old World the great battle for human freedom. The Allies will gain new heart and spirit in your company. I wish that I could shake the hand of each one of you, and bid you God-speed on ...
— The Delta of the Triple Elevens - The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, - American Expeditionary Forces • William Elmer Bachman
... visibly refines and beautifies his whole nature, has won the necessary permission, and this dear young brother will leave us to-morrow. Our regrets and his, at his parting from us for the first time, overtook our joy at his good fortune by surprise, at the last moment, just as we were about to bid each other good-night. For a while there had seemed to be an uneasiness under our cheerful talk, as if each one present were concealing something with an effort; and it was Jean-Baptiste himself who gave way at last. And then we sat down again, still together, and ...
— Imaginary Portraits • Walter Horatio Pater
... the triumphant exultations of his misguided enemies. His discourse on the scaffold was full of decency and courage. "He feared," he said, "that the omen was bad for the intended reformation of the state, that it commenced with the shedding of innocent blood." Having bid a last adieu to his brother and friends who attended him, and having sent a blessing to his nearer relations who were absent, "And now," said he, "I have nigh done! One stroke will make my wife ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. - From Charles I. to Cromwell • David Hume
... "Aye, bid her come hither," she answered, well-pleased; "we will rest together in the heat of the day and she shall tell me many things ...
— The Royal Pawn of Venice - A Romance of Cyprus • Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
... span of life With wise designs and virtuous deeds; And bid us wake from death's dark night, To share the glory ...
— Hymns for Christian Devotion - Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination • J.G. Adams


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